1986 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

The 1986 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Dick Tomey, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 7–5 record.^[1][2]

1986 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Dick Tomey (10th season)
Home stadium	Aloha Stadium
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
BYU	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	5	–	0
Air Force	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Colorado State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
Utah	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	L 17–24	46,242
September 6	Wisconsin*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 20–17	45,403
September 20	UTEP	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 31–21	46,427
October 4	New Mexico	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 27–10	46,119
October 18	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 7–31	28,310
October 25	Cal State Fullerton*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 26–15	34,530–40,423	[3]
November 1	at Utah	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 33–13	26,274
November 8	BYU	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 3–10	46,485
November 15	Fresno State	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (rivalry)	W 24–13	40,487
November 22	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	L 5–35	23,838
November 29	Wyoming	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (rivalry)	W 35–19	40,383
December 6	No. 4 Michigan*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 10–27	50,000	[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1986 Hawaii Warriors football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB M.L. Johnson Sr DL Al Noga Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Dick Tomey Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "1986 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
2. "2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Hawaii. 2020. p. 175. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
3. Jim McCurdie (October 27, 1986). "Titans Grounded in Hawaii". The Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-17. Retrieved February 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Tommy George (December 7, 1987). "U-M dazzles Rainbows: Hawaii beached, 27-10". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1G, 8G – via Newspapers.com.